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A recent inspection initiative by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE, 2016) aimed at gauging compliance with regulations seeking to prevent injuries from health care sharps in the NHS has revealed a...
Maternity records provide an account of the care and treatment given to a woman and baby, allowing progress to be monitored and a clinical history to be developed Records allow for continuity of care...
Readers in England will be aware of the role of the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), the body which manages litigation on behalf of the NHS in England. In Scotland, the equivalent is the Clinical...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's revised Code (NMC, 2015) imposes a duty on midwives to keep clear and accurate records relevant to their practice To discharge the duty set out in standard 10 of...
Choosing a name for a newborn is something that many parents take great time and care over, and there is a vast library of baby-name books available for parents to consult Midwives must be aware that,...
Domestic violence accounts for 15% of all violent incidents reported to the police in England and Wales, and frequently affects the same victim more than once (Strickland, 2013) Of the 12 million...
As if midwives needed any more reminding of the importance of good documentation and effective communication, there comes another court case which shows up failings in this regard. This article...
A national Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme now allows partners of former offenders to have information disclosed to them by the police The scheme was introduced following a campaign for ‘Clare's...
A sure sign of ageing (call it experience, if you will) is the realisation that ‘we've been here before’. In 1997, I published an article in this journal concerning practitioners' recall of events...
A woman has been jailed for 2½ years after she admitted taking poison she had bought on the internet to terminate her pregnancy (R v Towers [2015]). The woman pleaded guilty to administering a poison...
Last year, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015) issued a revised Code setting out the professional standards of practice and behaviour for midwives The standards form the yardstick against...
A new legal requirement to notify the police of cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has now come into effect. The word ‘cutting’ is sometimes added to the word ‘mutilation’ so that the initials...
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